The ears were made, not for such trivial uses as men are wont to suppose, but to hear celestial sounds.

For my part, I would rather look toward Rutland than Jerusalem. Rutland,--modern town,--land of ruts,--trivial and worn,--not toosacred,--with no holy sepulchre, but profane green fields and dusty roads, and opportunity to live as holy a life as you can, where the sacredness, if there is any, is all in yourself and not in the place.

Our vices always lie in the direction of our virtues, and in their best estate are but plausible imitations of the latter.

What fire could ever equal the sunshine of a winter's day?

In dreams we see ourselves naked and acting out our real characters, even more clearly than we see others awake.

I got up early and bathed in the pond; that was a religious exercise, and one of the best things which I did. They say that characters were engraven on the bathing tub of King Tching-thang to this effect: "Renew thyself completely each day; do it again, and again, and forever again."

Do not read the newspapers.